Lightweight
~50 MB of RAM, ~10 MB of disk space. Pragtical runs on many devices without performance issues.
Powerful
Syntax highlighting, multiple cursors, command palette and many more. LSP and other features are available as plugins.
Hyperextensible
Pragtical allows you to extend the editor via Lua and its C API. Documentation is available for many parts of the editor.
Cross-platform
Built on SDL, C and Lua, Pragtical runs on Windows, Linux and macOS. Porting to other systems is trivial.
Easy to Use
Easily change your editor settings, color theme, key bindings and installed plugins configuration using the graphical settings manager.
Free & Open Source
Pragtical is licensed under the MIT license. No telemetry or data collection.
Recent Blog Posts
Pragtical v3.8.7 Release
2026-04-24Sometimes we fix something and break another thing without even noticing but, it is better to notice early than be sorry. it is said that the number…
Pragtical v3.8.6 Release
2026-04-23A handful of small but meaningful fixes, a bit of UI polish, and some build system sanity—nothing flashy, just steadily sanding down the rough edges…
Pragtical v3.8.5 Release
2026-04-02If other code editor projects are making releases for every bug fix been done why can't we do the same? So that is what we are doing and in the proce…


